Convert Your Home Fridge Into a Keggerator

Between the cost of presents and the stress of family gatherings, the last thing you’re likely to receive over the holidays is a relaxing night to yourself at the local bar. Perhaps that’s why some redditors are giving their refrigerators an adults-only update.

Ready for some ho-ho-homebrewing?

Reddit user clocke03 shared how he improved his fridge by installing four fully functional taps:

Reddit user clocke03

And clocke03 means business with those taps: Although one houses a cider, the other three are hop-heavy IPAs.

Clocke03 fixed a canister of CO2 to the wall, distributing it into four lines:

Reddit user clocke03

Inside the fridge, the lines connect to the kegs:

Reddit user clocke03

(Note the bottom shelf—for back-up beers, or guests unworthy of the kegs.)

Finally, the lines break through the fridge wall once more to reach their final destination:

Reddit user clocke03

Of course, clocke03 isn’t the first to turn a family fridge into a free-flowing minibar.

Earlier this year, user sdrawkcabsemanympleh cleverly swapped the water filter and crushed ice dispenser for a subtle fridge-door tap.

Here’s the before:

Reddit user sdrawkcabsemanympleh

And the sweet, sweet after:

Reddit user sdrawkcabsemanympleh

The most impressive fridge taps, however, didn’t just deliver the beer—they also brought the look and feel of a bar with custom wooden paneling.

Changing the exterior can change the vibe of the whole room—and it doesn’t even have to be on a traditional fridge. User muska62 added kegs, taps, and a natural wood covering to an “old chest freezer”:

Reddit user muska62

And user Aqtinic applied the same approach to a simple Danby mini-fridge, with a walnut finish and vertical outlet for the taps:

Reddit user Aqtinic

Warning: Home-brewing projects can be a bit like giving a moose a muffin. Once you decide to convert a fridge into a keggerator, you might as well add wood paneling. And once you add wood paneling, you might as well customize your tap handles, add vintage posters to the side, and give your new fridge its own brewery name.

Redditor Dimsdale53, an avid woodworker, descended the slippery slope of home keggerators, and ended up crafting this masterpiece:

Reddit user Dimsdale53

The craftsman assures aspiring woodworkers that it’s not nearly as difficult as it looks: